German noun, neuter · CEFR A1
das Glas
Meaning in English: glass; jar
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
Example
Möchtest du ein Glas Wasser?
Would you like a glass of water?
Der, die or das?
Glas is neuter: das Glas. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Glas?
Glas is number 3,671 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,667die Überraschungsurprise
- 3,668finanzierento finance, to fund
- 3,669veranstaltetorganised, hosted
- 3,670kümmerttakes care (of), looks after
- 3,671das Glasglass; jar
- 3,672der Angeklagtedefendant, the accused
- 3,673kontaktierento contact
- 3,674etabliertestablished
- 3,675der Sachschadendamage to property
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,671
- The most common German nouns#1,572
- German A1 vocabulary#695
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#192
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.